Definition of Genus Halcyon

1. Noun. A large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World.

Exact synonyms: Halcyon
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Alcedinidae, Family Alcedinidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Halcyon

genus Gypsophila
genus Gyromitra
genus Haastia
genus Habenaria
genus Hackelia
genus Haemanthus
genus Haematobia
genus Haematopus
genus Haematoxylon
genus Haematoxylum
genus Haemodorum
genus Haemopis
genus Haemoproteus
genus Haemulon
genus Hakea
genus Halcyon (current term)
genus Haldea
genus Halenia
genus Halesia
genus Haliaeetus
genus Halicoeres
genus Halimodendron
genus Haliotis
genus Halocarpus
genus Halogeton
genus Hamamelidanthum
genus Hamamelidoxylon
genus Hamamelis
genus Hamamelites
genus Hamelia

Literary usage of Genus Halcyon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... taking name from the genus Halcyon, and containing the ... Of or pertaining to that division of kingfishers typified by the genus Halcyon : opposed to ..."

2. Transactions by Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1894)
"Probably the species with red mandibles ought to be removed from the genus Halcyon, certainly the species with flattened mandibles ought not. ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The genus Halcyon was first proposed in 1820, and* perusal of its definition, (Zool. 1ii. 1st Scries, vol. I. pl. 27) will satisfy the reader that it is ..."

4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1839)
"(Sw.) NB The sub-genus Halcyon, as given in Mr. Swainson'i ' Classification of Birds,' vol. ii., consists of many species, ar.'i has a wide geographical ..."

5. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"Genus HALCYON. The members of this genus, as now restricted, are found in all the islands of the Indian Archipelago, Australia, and New Zealand. ..."

6. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"genus Halcyon, Swainson, including Dacelo, Leach ; Halcyon, Swainson ; Syma, Lesson ; Todiramphus, Lesson; and Ceyx, Lacépède. ..."

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